They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Average of 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week plus the best of the NBA Playoffs, including every game of the NBA Conference Finals & NBA Finals LIVE on ESPN, available via Kayo New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. Except a 76er fan booing Ben Simmons. Brooklyn’s Simmons has a history in Philadelphia, and while he’s returned to Wells Fargo Center before, he knows full well that he’ll keep getting booed by 76ers fans for the rest of his career. But he’s not afraid of it. He feeds off it. “Yeah, I also love that,” said Simmons, who leads his Nets back to Philadelphia on Saturday from 11am (AEDT). “I love being in arenas where it’s loud and people are booing and all that stuff. So, it comes with the game. It’s a part of it. And I love it.” Simmons played 275 games for the Sixers over six years, missing his rookie campaign to injury and 2021-22 to mental health issues and back woes. His detachment, hesitancy to drive and eventual holdout made him persona non grata. One fan famously paraded all around town with a sign saying ‘F**k Ben Simmons’ — while he was still on the roster. His divorce from the 76ers was ugly, and Simmons has been the subject of hatred from their fans ever since being dealt to the Nets for James Harden. “You can only boo so much,” Simmons shrugged. This will be Simmons’ fourth time playing at Wells Fargo Center since being traded to the Nets. He also missed one of their visits last season and their March 10 visit just weeks after his arrival. But Wells Fargo Center had to beef up security in that first return — even though he was injured and not playing — and he’s aware that Philadelphia fans have elevated booing to an art form. “Sure. That’s what Philly’s about, you know? Shoot, when I was in Philly we got booed at times when we weren’t playing well. So it goes both ways,” said Simmons. “But they’re passionate fans. And that’s why Philly the city is so great, and the fans are so great.” The 6-9 Nets have unexpectedly started this season much better than the 2-12 76ers, who sit dead-last in the East as their new big three of Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have been heavily disrupted by injury. Embiid (knee) goes into Saturday’s game with a questionable tag, while George (knee bruise) is out. Simmons clearly got fired up in the win over Charlotte by his clash with Hornets star Brandon Miller. He’ll draw inspiration from the bile that is sure to come in Wells Fargo Center. “I really hope so, because it’s just cool,” said Cam Johnson. “You step back, take a look at it. And I think that’s the cool part of being an athlete, is that people really care. They might care for you, they might kind of hate on you or whatever, but the bottom line is they care. “They have somebody that they support, they have something that they cheer for, and that’s kind of what makes our league and every other professional league and sport in general go around. So it’s just something that you’ve got to embrace. I hope he embraces it. Philly’s always kind of crazy, rowdy. They’ve got a lot to say. You know when Ben comes into town, they definitely have a lot to say. But I just hope it just gives our team energy and we’re able to feed off that.” There will surely be tons of negative energy directed at Simmons, if the Nets can flip that around to positive energy to feed off and rally around their point-forward. “Yeah, you have to as a competitor,” said Brooklyn centre Nic Claxton. “If people are booing you, they don’t boo people that they don’t care about. So, you’re relevant. So, you’re in their mind. You can look at it as a good thing.” It’s one of several big games on Saturday’s NBA Cup card including Aussies Josh Giddey and Dyson Daniels facing off when Chicago hosts Atlanta at 12pm. In other games, Milwaukee hosts Indiana in a playoffs rematch at 12pm and Denver is home to Dallas at 2pm. -This story was originally published in the New York Post and reproduced with permission.The decision to transition to a 5-hour workday is based on extensive research and consultation with our team members. Studies have shown that shorter work hours can actually boost productivity and employee satisfaction, as it allows for better work-life balance and reduces burnout. By streamlining our employees' schedules and ensuring they are well-rested and motivated, we believe that we can provide faster and more efficient service to our customers.

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By Chris Johnston , Pierre LeBrun and Julian McKenzie Team Canada revealed its 23-man roster for February’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament on Wednesday. Forwards Mitch Marner , Sam Reinhart , Anthony Cirelli , Brandon Hagel , Travis Konecny , Mark Stone and Seth Jarvis were added to Canada’s roster, with Alex Pietrangelo , Shea Theodore , Travis Sanheim , Devon Toews , Colton Parayko and Josh Morrissey joining as defensemen. Advertisement Forwards Connor McDavid , Nathan MacKinnon , Brayden Point , Brad Marchand and Sidney Crosby , along with defenseman Cale Makar had already been named as the first six members of Team Canada in June. Canada’s goaltending has been subject to much debate in anticipation of Wednesday’s roster reveal. The Canadians’ trio consists of Jordan Binnington , Adin Hill and Sam Montembeault . Canada is being led by Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper behind the bench, flanked by assistant coaches Bruce Cassidy, Pete DeBoer, Rick Tocchet, Mishka Donskov and Lightning video coach James Emery. Cooper is also expected to lead Canada at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The 4 Nations Face-Off will run Feb. 12 to 20 in Montreal and Boston. Full roster (Note: Highlighted players had already been named to the roster.) Snubs Every Team Canada has more qualified forwards than the number of available roster spots, so the most notable omissions can be found there in Zach Hyman , John Tavares , Mark Scheifele and Connor Bedard . Hyman is coming off a 70-goal season (postseason included) spent playing alongside Connor McDavid. Tavares has been in a top form for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season and has a vast international resume that includes serving as Canada’s captain at the IIHF World Hockey Championship in May. Scheifele is scoring at better than a point-per-game pace for the high-flying Winnipeg Jets . And Bedard is a 19-year-old wunderkind who rewrote the record book while representing his country at the world junior championship. The snubs on the back end include Evan Bouchard and Noah Dobson , aged 25 and 24, respectively. They’re both high-end puck distributors coming off big seasons. — Chris Johnston Surprises Jarvis jumps off the page as the player least expected to battle his way onto this version of Team Canada. He doesn’t have the resume of many other players left at home. And at 5-foot-10, he doesn’t have the size, either. Advertisement But the 22-year-old Carolina Hurricanes winger does possess slick playmaking ability and a competitive spirit, which makes him a selection with upside. He could become a Team Canada fixture if things go well. On the back end, few saw Parayko securing a spot among Canada’s top seven, but as a big man with Stanley Cup-winning pedigree who is capable of logging tough minutes, he brought more security than some other choices. Montembeault isn’t a surprise, per se, but his save percentage this season is lagging behind Cam Talbot , Logan Thompson , Mackenzie Blackwood , Marc-Andre Fleury and Darcy Kuemper . Each of those other Canadian goalies will be watching the tournament from home. — Johnston Expectations Fair or not, any player that pulls a Canadian national team sweater over their head is expected to win. That’s especially true in best-on-best men’s competition, where Canada has won four of the past five tournaments and nine of 13 overall. Even with the country’s decade of dominance now a long way in the rear-view mirror, the high hopes remain. Canada will try to overwhelm opponents with its depth. Cooper can run out McDavid, Crosby, Point and Cirelli down the middle. If for whatever reason that isn’t working, he’s got MacKinnon and Bennett as ready-made options to slide to center. And for good measure, Cooper’s got Makar to serve as the heartbeat of a blue line that features a nice blend of size, smarts and elite decision-makers. Even with the questions (or doubts) in goal, this is a roster built to execute at a high level that intends to keep opponents at bay in hard-fought games by limiting mistakes. Canada expects three goals to be good enough to win against any team in the tournament. — Johnston Required reading Other rosters (Photo of Mitch Marner scoring on Jordan Binnington: Jeff Curry / USA Today)

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AROUND 445 former members of the communist terrorist organization (CTG) and their supporters completed the three-day peace sustainment forum (PSF), marking a historic milestone toward peace and development in Marilog District. The 27th Infantry Battalion organized the forum, which took place at Marilog Central Elementary School from November 15 to 17, 2024, with assistance from the municipal authorities. The PSF brought together 35 former rebels (FR), 67 Militiang Bayan (MB), and 343 members of underground mass organizations (UGMO) from 12 Marilog barangays. According to Capt. Eddie Rey Navales, the 27th IB's civil-military operation officer, the event was a major turning point because these people had returned to the folds of the government, leaving the CPP/NPA/NDF and condemned its philosophy. Navales also explained that the program highlighted the NPA's exploitation strategies and CTG indoctrination. The participants also gained knowledge about government services and programs that disproved the NPA’s claims. As a signal of the attendees' rejection of the NPA's deceit, the PSF ended with a peace demonstration and the symbolic burning of the NPA flag. A former NPA member highlighted the NPA’s decades of deception as she described her horrific experiences under the terrorist group. Meanwhile, 1003rd Deputy Brigade commander, Col. Michael Banua, highlighted the PSF's effectiveness as a psychological deterrent to terrorist recruitment and underlined its importance as a critical step towards community peace and prosperity. He then urged all the participants to defend and support the government's efforts to bring about peace. The PSF was a joint effort of the City Government of Davao, the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP)-Davao, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Davao, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Davao, Police Station 12, PNP-Davao, Davao City Police Office, City Social Welfare Development Office, City Health Office, Department of Education-Davao City Division, and Laquihon Agro-Environmental Consultancy Services as they demonstrated the "whole-of-nation approach" to putting an end to local insurgency and armed struggle by providing lectures, pledging assistance, and proposing ways to enhance living conditions. DEFAs Beijing prepares for the first snowfall of the season, residents are reminded of the resilience and adaptability that have come to define life in the capital. From navigating icy streets to finding joy in the simple pleasures of winter, Beijingers know how to make the most of the changing seasons.

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tiptoed to more records Dec. 3 amid a mixed trading session, tacking a touch more onto what's already been a stellar year so far. The S&P 500 edged up by less than 0.1 percent on Tuesday, to set an all-time high for the 55th time this year. It's climbed in 10 of the last 11 days and is on track for one of its best years since the turn of the millennium. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2 percent, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.4 percent to its own record set a day earlier. AT&T rose 4.6 percent after it boosted its profit forecast for the year. It also announced a $10 billion plan to send cash to its investors by buying back its own stock. In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady after a report showed U.S. employers were advertising slightly more job openings at the end of October than a month earlier. The key economic event this week arrives Friday with the release of the monthly jobs report. DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar pay package Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick this week denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla's directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request by plaintiff attorneys, who argued that they were entitled to legal fees in the form of Tesla stock valued at more than $5 billion. The judge said the attorneys were entitled to a fee award of $345 million. The rulings came in a lawsuit filed by a Tesla stockholder who challenged Musk's 2018 compensation package. McCormick concluded in January that Musk engineered the pay deal in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent. Shareholders then met in June and ratified the package for a second time. Musk plans to appeal. NEW YORK — Agribusiness giant Cargill is laying off thousands of its employees. Cargill confirmed this week that it would be reducing its global workforce by about 5 percent under a long-term strategy "to strengthen" its impact, which includes realigning resources. Minnesota-based Cargill did not immediately provide further specifics. A 2024 annual report from the company noted that it had more than 160,000 employees worldwide, meaning the latest job cuts would be set to affect about 8,000 workers. As a privately held company, Cargill doesn't regularly publish its finances publicly. In a 2024 report, the company noted that it operates in 70 countries and sells to 125 markets — raking in $160 billion in annual revenue, down from $177 billion for the prior year. NEW YORK — BlackRock is buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a stock deal valued at about $12 billion, giving it more ways to service its insurance clients. The transaction includes equity issued by a subsidiary, and that the equity can be exchanged on a one-for-one basis into BlackRock common stock. The company said the transaction creates an integrated private credit franchise with approximately $220 billion in client assets. HPS has approximately $148 billion in client assets and is an independent provider of private credit for insurance clients. BlackRock said that the acquisition of HPS will position it to be a full-service, fiduciary provider of public-private asset management and technology solutions for insurance clients. The transaction is expected to close mid-2025. WASHINGTON — The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 31⁄2 year low in September, a sign that businesses are still seeking workers even though hiring has cooled. Openings rose 5 percent to 7.7 million, the Labor Department said Dec. 3. The increase suggests that job gains could pick up in the coming months. Still, the latest figure is down significantly from 8.7 million job postings a year ago. Last month, job openings rose sharply in professional and business services, a category that includes engineers, managers, and accountants, as well as in the restaurant and hotel and information technology industries. The number of people quitting their jobs rose in October, a sign of confidence in the job market. And layoffs tumbled to just 1.6 million — below the lowest figures in the two decades that preceded the 2020 pandemic. Taken as a whole, Tuesday's figures suggest that the job market might be stabilizing at a modest level, with hiring moderate but layoffs uncommonly low. The unemployment rate is at a low 4.1 percent, even though job gains slowed sharply in October, reflecting mainly the impact of hurricanes and a strike at Boeing Co. BANGKOK — China has announced a ban on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls on computer chip-making equipment, software and high-bandwidth memory chips. Such chips are needed for advanced applications. Beijing earlier had required exporters to apply for licenses to send strategically important materials such as gallium, germanium and antimony to the U.S. The 140 companies newly included in the U.S. so-called “entity list” subject to export controls are nearly all based in China. WASHINGTON — The federal government has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers after determining there is no longer a safety risk. The outbreak began in October and sickened at least 104 people in 14 states, including 34 who were hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One person in Colorado died and four others developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication. The FDA linked the outbreak to yellow onions distributed by California-based Taylor Farms and served raw on Quarter Pounders at restaurants in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and other states. McDonald’s briefly pulled the burgers from one-fifth of its U.S. locations. HARRISBURG, Pa. — President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., and he's pledging to use tax incentives and tariffs to strengthen the iconic American steelmaker. Trump said during the campaign that he would "instantaneously" block the deal, and he reiterated that sentiment in a statement late Dec. 2. President Joe Biden also opposes Nippon Steel's purchase of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. A secretive U.S. committee is reviewing the transaction for national security concerns, and federal law gives the president the power to block the transaction. Nippon Steel is pledging to invest in U.S. Steel's factories and strengthen the domestic industry. DETROIT — General Motors is adding more than 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park. The action includes certain 2024 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 trucks. They're being added to a February recall of 323,000 vehicles. Only trucks with a manual gate and power lock and release are affected. The company said in documents posted Dec. 2 that water can get into the electronic gate release switch, causing the gate to unlatch. Dealers will replace the exterior touch pad switch assemblies with new ones that are more resistant to water. Owners will be notified by letter starting on Jan. 13. HOUSTON — A proposed comeback for Enron, the Texas energy company that exemplified the worst in corporate fraud and greed in America after it went bankrupt in 2001, appears to be an elaborate joke. If its return is comedic, some former Enron employees who lost everything in the Houston company’s epic collapse aren’t laughing. They're angry at a publicity stunt they say minimizes what they went through. Enron was once the nation’s seventh-largest business, but it went bankrupt amid a massive accounting fraud. This week, a company representing itself under that name announced it was relaunching as a “company dedicated to solving the global energy crisis.” A paper trail of legal documents points to the comeback being parody and performance art.At the age of 28, considered the prime of his athletic career, Xiao Ming began to struggle on the court. His performance declined, and he found himself spending more and more time on the bench, watching his teammates play from the sidelines. Fans and critics alike were puzzled by Xiao's sudden decline, wondering what had caused such a talented player to lose his edge.

The use of a ghost gun in the attack has reignited the debate over gun control laws and the ease with which individuals can obtain and use untraceable weapons. Advocates for stricter gun control measures are calling for urgent action to close existing loopholes and prevent future tragedies like this one.

As the country moves forward from this dark chapter, there is a collective effort to learn from the mistakes of the past and strengthen the safeguards in place to protect national security. The hope is that through increased vigilance and a commitment to upholding ethical standards, similar breaches can be prevented in the future.Phoenix Go Glocal - Phoenix TV launches Premier International Communication Platform for Going Global

Repeating History? "Marvel Frontline" Unveils Classic OW Tactics 303Mayor Eric Adams doubled down Tuesday on the unsubstantiated claim that President Biden’s Justice Department indicted him on federal corruption charges earlier this fall purely for political reasons. Adams made the remarks during his weekly “off-topic” news conference on Dec. 3, when a reporter asked for his reaction to Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday evening. The younger Biden was facing possible jail time after being convicted on federal gun and tax evasion charges. In a statement accompanying Biden’s pardon of Hunter on Sunday, he said he believes “raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.” But Mayor Adams, when asked about the pardon on Tuesday, said that it had “a level of irony” as he held up a copy of Tuesday’s New York Times and read a line from one of the front-page stories . “‘President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump now agree on one thing: The Biden Justice Department has been politicized,'” Adams read from the Times story. “Does that sound familiar? I rest my case.” Adams has pleaded not guilty to a five-count federal indictment that includes charges of bribery, soliciting foreign campaign donations and wire fraud. Prosecutors allege that he received unregistered luxury travel perks and illegal campaign donations from Turkish businessmen in exchange for political favors. He is set to go on trial in April of next year. The mayor first floated his theory that the investigation was political retribution for his criticisms of the White House’s handling of the migrant influx on the night before he was indicted . He recorded a short video , saying, “I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, I would become a target, and so a target I became.” Adams then appeared to largely avoid repeating that claim in the weeks since he was charged. That was until a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published last week, in which he resurfaced the idea that he was targeted for being outspoken about migrants. Although Adams has repeatedly contended that his indictment is entirely based on politics, he has never provided evidence to support that claim. It also does not jibe with federal prosecutors saying in court that the investigation began in 2021, before Adams was elected mayor. President-elect Trump has, also without evidence, said that Adams is the victim of political persecution at the hands of Biden’s Justice Department. When asked about that specific point by a reporter, Adams said he wants to respond “to all that has unfolded for the last couple of months” but cannot on the advice of his attorneys. “I’m just a fighter, I believe in fighting for my rights,” Adams said. “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life, of the onslaught of this, and I have to remain silent, and I can’t answer and defend myself. That’s the hardest thing. But life is kind. It’s going to be an opportunity one day to really dig into all that has unfolded.”